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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lettie give the narrator to eat in Chapter 2?
(a) Porridge and jam.
(b) Oatmeal and cream.
(c) Biscuits.
(d) Pancakes.

2. What is on the birthday cake for the narrator’s seventh birthday?
(a) A spaceship.
(b) A wizard.
(c) A football.
(d) A book.

3. Where is the opal miner said to be from?
(a) South Africa.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) United States.
(d) Australia.

4. In Chapter 2, what color blanket is described in the back seat of the narrator’s father’s car?
(a) Green.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blue.
(d) Yellow.

5. Where does the narrator feel pain when he catches the writhing mass of cobwebs and rotting cloth in Chapter 4?
(a) His arm.
(b) His face.
(c) His foot.
(d) His leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had the narrator lived in the old house that had been knocked down?

2. What is the name of the cat the opal miner gives to the narrator?

3. What kills the fish in Lettie’s ocean in Chapter 2?

4. To what tune does Lettie begin to bind the creature that she and the narrator encounter in Chapter 4?

5. What is the name of the cat that turns up at Hempstock Farm in pagan days?

(see the answer key)

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